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Tillbox
Store back office and checkout kit for October CMS agencies
- Score
- 36
- confidence 38
- Evidence
- 3
- items on the page
- Rivals
- 1
- named in sources
- First version
- 60 d
- estimate
- Type
- Desktop and mobile
- PWA: on computers and phones alike
- Market since
- 2016
- Established market · AI estimate
ScreensConcept
Desktop and mobile: Agency staff manage multi-client dashboards and updates at a desk, while shop owners check orders and adjust stock from phones on the go. Sample screens on a computer and a phone, in the proposed brand. Their numbers are sample data.
Orders
3 to ship7 new
About this appAI proposal
Tillbox gives October CMS agencies a ready store for client sites: a plugin that adds catalog, cart and checkout, plus an installable web app where shop owners manage orders, stock and products from their phone.
It is made for developers who now either build commerce by hand or adapt a large existing plugin. Tillbox keeps the core small, exposes clear extension points, and ships typed events and documented templates so a client store can be themed and changed without forking.
Agencies manage every client shop from one account, with per-client licenses, update notes and a staging check before an update reaches a live store.
- Tagline
- A small, tidy store kit for the sites you already build.
- Voice
- PracticalPlainSteady
- Why this name
- A till is where a shop takes money, and a box is something a developer can open and change. Two plain words, easy to say.
In the first version
Members say which features they would use. It tells PWAS what people want; it changes no score.
Small commerce core
Products, variants, carts, orders and tax rules in a lean plugin. Add only the parts a client needs.
No member yet
Extension points, not forks
Documented events and override-safe templates let you change pricing, checkout steps and emails without editing plugin code.
No member yet
Owner app on the phone
Shop owners install a web app to see new orders, mark them shipped and adjust stock without opening the CMS backend.
No member yet
One dashboard for all clients
Agencies see every client store, license and plugin version in one list, with order health at a glance.
No member yet
Brand identityAI proposal
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Palette
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A small, tidy store kit for the sites you already build.
PricingAI proposal
The material gives no competitor prices. These tiers are a starting point to test with agencies, not based on any known price.
Starter
Free
- One store
- Core catalog, cart and checkout
- Community support
Studio
$19 a month
- Up to 5 client stores
- Owner app
- Staged updates
- Email support
Agency
$59 a month
- Up to 25 client stores
- Client dashboard
- Priority support
- Starter themes
Would you pay Studio · $19 a month?
Your answer tells PWAS which prices people accept. It changes no score.
No answers yet.
What it could be worthEstimate
What a software business making this much sells for today, from real deals. Pick a monthly revenue.
If it makes
Worth about
$190,000
Sale range $132,000 to $263,000
$120,000 a year in revenue
From 87 software businesses listed and sold on Empire Flippers in the last year, revenue vetted by the broker: they sell for about 19× their monthly revenue, most between 13× and 26×.
Measured on profit, the middle deal is 32× monthly net profit: about 2.7 years of profit.
An estimate, not an offer or financial advice. A real price depends on profit, growth, churn, how much of the work is the owner's, and the buyer.
How it would growAI proposal
How the product would reach new customers through its own use, and how the first ones would be found. A plan to test, not a result.
- Built-in loop
- Partners and integrations. Tillbox is listed where October CMS developers look for plugins, and in the docs and community forums. Each agency install puts the plugin into many client sites.
- Do they become customers?
- Developers who install it can pay directly, but shop owners using the app only see it. Test whether agencies resell it to clients and whether owners ask for it on later projects.
- First customers
- Small web agencies of 2 to 10 people who build October CMS sites and have at least two clients asking for an online shop.
- Where to reach them
- October CMS plugin marketplace: List a free tier with clear docs and a demo store so developers can try it in an afternoon.
- October CMS community forums: Share build write-ups and ask agencies what they dislike about their current commerce setup.
- Direct outreach to agencies: Contact agencies that list October CMS on their sites and offer a free pilot on one client store.
- First milestone
- Five agencies run a live client store on Tillbox, and at least three pay for the Studio tier.
Why people already pay for this
- VerifiedGitHub repository gained 421 stars in 3653 days
- Public claimShopaholic is the established e-commerce solution for October CMS, with significant adoption in the community.
- AI inferenceThe plugin has an active issue backlog, suggesting ongoing development and user demand.
Tech stack
Every proposal builds on the same PWA base, installable from the browser on any phone or computer. Dashed boxes are what this app adds.
- AppNext.js and TypeScript
- PWAManifest and service worker
- UITailwind CSS
- Data and authSupabase Postgres
- PaymentsStripe
- EmailResend
- HostingVercel
- This app · CMS pluginPHP plugin package for October CMSThe storefront runs inside the client's October site, so the commerce core must be a plugin.
- This app · Sync APISigned REST API between plugin and appLets the owner app and agency dashboard read and update each client store.
RisksAI inference
- CommercialThe only competitor in the material has about ten years of history and a stated lead. Agencies may not switch without a clear gain.
- TechnicalSupporting several October CMS versions and client hosting setups with a plugin plus a remote app is a heavy testing load.
- PlatformDistribution may depend on October CMS's plugin marketplace rules and the pace of core releases.
- RegulatoryStores handle payments, tax and customer data, so clients will expect clear privacy and payment-handling behavior.
- CommercialThe evidence is a GitHub star count and a public claim. It does not show that agencies pay for commerce plugins.
Everything marked AI proposal or AI inference was written by a model from the evidence on the opportunity page. The proposed name must be checked against trademark registers before it is used.